social entrepreneurship
Announcing the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 winners
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Tae Yoo, SVP of Corporate Affairs at Cisco, announces the winners of the fifth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge.
Astia is transforming the way we fund businesses
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Cisco has invested in early-phase funding to help Astia develop a tech-enabled platform to source and screen companies applying to Astia for investment, and work to remove bias from the investment process.
Choose to challenge: How investing in women strengthens families and communities
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This year's theme for International Women's Day is "choose to challenge," which encourages every one of us to call out gender bias and inequality.
The importance of Ethical AI in creating a sustainable, equitable future
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Our fifth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge includes a $50,000 USD Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prize this year. This prize will be awarded to a startup designing artificial intelligence (AI) in an inherently ethical manner, so that the solution addresses social, environmental, or technological challenges.
What happens when the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge meets Digital Inclusivity?
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Our fifth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge includes a $50,000 USD Digital Inclusivity Prize this year. This prize will be awarded to a startup using technology that closes the ever-widening digital divide.
Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge announces $50K USD Pandemic Response Prize
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To help accelerate tech for good solutions that address the challenges created by the pandemic, the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021 has added a special Pandemic Response Prize. The Pandemic Response Prize will be awarded to a startup responding to COVID-19 or future pandemic crises. The winning team will have an innovative technology solution that accelerates the response to, or recovery from, COVID-19 and its physical, social, or economic impact. The winner of the Pandemic Response Prize will be awarded $50,000 USD to accelerate the development of their solution.
Dream. Plan. Execute: Stirring up magic with our first-ever entrepreneurship award for HBCUs
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The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is a competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage technology entrepreneurs solving the world's social and environmental problems. This year, we are also offering a HBCU Startup Prize.
Innovating solutions to climate change: Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2021
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The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is a competition that awards cash prizes to early-stage technology entrepreneurs solving the world's social and environmental problems. This year, we are also offering a Greenhouse Gas Solutions Prize.
Past Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge winners offer advice to 2021 applicants
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We’ve gathered some considerate advice from last year’s Global Problem Solver Challenge winners for 2021 applicants.
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